An English Noble Woman

My Renaissance Faire ensemble got a bit of a makeover since last year (1) (2) . Interchangeable sleeves, a partlet, some new trim and a fab hat took it from Tudor Rose to Elizabethan Noblewoman.

It was pretty chilly so I ended up wearing me jeans underneath and still being brrr.

My mother-in-law came along and wore my lower class red dress. She had a ball.

My hoops are looking a bit elliptical instead of circular but my bum roll looks sharp.

The hubby donned the kilt again this weekend. He's super excited about it.

Yay for a great day at the faire!

A Cape and a Kilt

It's hard to tell if the weather at the end of October is going to cooperate or not but it did this past weekend so I could wear my latest costume!

It's little red riding hood.

Me-made cape and skirt from peasant dress

thrifted blouse

leather corset Brown Cow Art

The cape was made from red stretch velveteen and black taffeta. Not my first choice for a fabric combo but it was stash busting and I made it work.

All in all, it was a quick cheap costume to go with my new corset!

My husband was super excited to wear his new kilt.

And I was excited that he decided to buy all of the pieces for this outfit! I was not looking forward to all of that pleating.

Sometimes life gives you lemons

This past weekend, the hubby, some friends and I packed up for a camping trip plus two day Renaissance Faire extravaganza. Of course, Thursday I started feeling under the weather. :( Saturday, I muddled through a day at the faire but didn't get any pictures of my outfit. :(

I did get to see a joust featuring the host, a coach and the runner up from Full Metal Jousting on the History channel.

And the Queen and her entourage. Love all of the costumes!

Sunday, I was feeling miserable so the hubby and I went home. *Sigh* Guess I'll have to do a photo shoot sometime when I'm feeling better. We will be back for one more weekend on Oct. 13th. Hopefully my sinuses cooperate so I can enjoy it!

In lue of pretty pictures of me dressed up from this year, check out my past Renaissance costuming efforts.

If you can't wear a pretty dress, you might as well go shopping

Since the forecast for today was overcast and rainy, this Renaissance Faire trip was not a good one for costumes, but we made up for it in shopping! :)

My splurge for this year was a lovely leather corset from Brown Cow Art. It makes my waist look like it's been photoshopped. :) And it's not even nearly as tight as it could be. I'm sooooo happy that I was good at Jo-Ann's this weekend and only spent $10 instead of bringing home the 6-10 yds of $10/yd fabric that I fell in love with.....

The lady who helped me was very enthusiastic and let me try on several corsets before I found one I liked. Of course, now I need some appropriate clothes to wear under my corset.

My husband's big purchase for the season was a kilt and accessories. He's been wanting one for a while and aside from the fact that wool is ridiculously expensive, I have zero desire to do all of those pleats so he opted to buy one instead.

I also got some accessories for my new Renaissance costume.

I got earrings to match my growing collection from Stillwater Chainmail.

A nice black belt from Blue Flame Leather.

And a leather pouch found at a corset shop of all places (Renaissance Fashions). It's not nearly as nice of a quality as the leather from Brown Cow Art or Blue Flame Leather but I really wanted this size and shape and it was not too pricey either.

If you missed last year's haul, it's here and here. To catch up on all of my Renaissance costuming adventures, set aside a few hours and start here.